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Meet Wolfram

Wolfram Gerlof

Client Portfolio Manager

21 years investment experience

15 years with Vontobel

Zurich

Vontobel Asset Management AG

Genferstrasse 27

CH-8022 Zurich

Switzerland

Wolfram Gerlof has been working for Vontobel Asset Management since 2006, serving in management roles including responsibility for content, communication, and marketing. Wolfram is presently Client Portfolio Manager for Vescore, Vontobel Asset Management’s quantitative investing franchise.

Prior to joining Vontobel, from 2000 to 2006, Wolfram was project manager at the corporate and investment banking group at Mercer Oliver Wyman.

Wolfram Gerlof holds a diploma (Dipl.) from WHU Koblenz/ Beisheim School of Management with a major in Finance, Controlling and Marketing. During his studies, he participated in study abroad programs at the Queens University in Canada and at the Finance Academy in Moscow.

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Multi Asset Boutique

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Viewpoint Oct 13 2020 by Wolfram Gerlof

Different ways needed to meet multi-asset expectations

Investors return expectations with multi-asset portfolios are high. Achieving them going forward calls for rethinking the investment approach, especially in terms of diversification, asset allocation, and a system to get rid of emotional biases.

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Multi Asset Boutique

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Viewpoint Jul 14 2020 by Wolfram Gerlof Olga Voldiner

Why is liquidity so valuable for multi-asset investors?

One reason equities and bonds are so popular is because they can be traded at any time. That also works well in normal times, but March 2020 was anything but normal. Why should multi-asset investors back liquid instruments such as futures?

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Multi Asset Boutique

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Viewpoint Jul 14 2020 by Wolfram Gerlof Stefan Meinhold

Systematic or discretionary investment? Combine the two

Especially in times of uncertainty, investors fall into negative patterns of behavior that can result in losses. Systematic investment strategies provide a scientific response to this challenge – but what does it look like in practice?

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Multi Asset Boutique

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Viewpoint Jun 18 2020 by Wolfram Gerlof Stefan Meinhold

Know yourself, conquer the markets: How knowing these 3 behavioral biases can lead to investment success

We are all susceptible to behavioral biases. Find out the 3 key behavioral biases you need to crush for your portfolio to perform.

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Multi Asset Boutique

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Viewpoint May 26 2020 by Stephan Schneider Wolfram Gerlof

Unbiased decisions make the difference

Recent weeks caused stress both for people who worried about their health and for investors who made too hasty decisions. In such unsettling times, investment solutions that switch off emotions by following a systematic approach can be a better option – like Vescore Active Beta. Its value-adding credo: complement human skills with machine strengths.

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Multi Asset Boutique

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Viewpoint Apr 08 2020 by Stephan Schneider Wolfram Gerlof

Use a system to maneuver through the virus panic

The Corona pandemic threatens the world, but not our Vontobel Fund II – Vescore Active Beta, we strongly believe. Portfolio manager Stephan Schneider explains how the models he applies get the fund through this event-driven bear market. Even today’s extremely volatile situation cannot dissuade him from his conviction that the models work both in good and bad times thanks to their systematic unbiasedness.

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